Happy December!
I hope this newsletter finds your family well and that your Thanksgiving break was a wonderful one. I continue to be so proud of our students and the hard work they do each day. In addition, as I continue to walk in and out of classrooms on a daily basis, I am in awe of the dedicated staff here at Simpson who work hard to provide challenging and engaging lessons for our students. I want to take this time to thank our amazing PTA for all of their fundraising efforts to support Simpson Elementary School. Last month, I enjoyed spending time connecting with our Simpson families during our PTA Fall Festival and our Mother/Son Game Night! It was such a blessing having such a strong school-parent partnership! On behalf of Simpson Elementary, we are thankful and grateful for all that you do to support our sweet school. I continue to say, Great Communities, build Great Schools and in turn Great Schools build Great Communities! As we approach the end of the year, the time to celebrate is near! Let's make the month of December one to remember! Please see our Staff Calendar of Holiday Cheer attached and students are welcome to join as it is optional, as we enjoy the most wonderful time of year! Happy holidays to all and have a safe upcoming winter break!
Proud to be your principal,
Dr. Taffeta Connery
December Calendar Dates
December 1st-Holiday Glow-5:30-6:00 PM Simpson Singers
December 6th-Digital Learning Day/Election Run-off Day
December 14th-16th-Winter Parties
December 19th-January 4th-Student Winter Break
January 5th-Students Return to School
PTC Holiday Glow! Coming Soon!
Peachtree Corners will be celebrating the holiday season by lighting a 6-foot Menorah and an innovative LED tree at the Town Green with the Holiday Glow! Mark your calendars for this FREE event on THURSDAY, December 1st from 5:30pm-8:00 pm. The event will kick off at 5:30pm with a special live performance by our very own Simpson Elementary School Singers! Event attendees can cozy up with complimentary hot chocolate while enjoying holiday sing-a-long's, craft snowball bath bombs with Buff City Soap, pet stocking stuffers by Hollywood Feed, decorate holiday cookie boxes with Tiff’s treats, glowing giveaways by Illuminating Designs and more to come!
Timeline:
5:30-6:00 PM Simpson Elementary School Singers
6:00-6:15 PM Holiday Tunes & Sing along
6:15-6:30 PM Tree Lighting
6:30-8:00PM Geek Squad Holiday Show
DLD/Election "Run-off" Day, Tuesday, December 6, 2022
Winter Parties are coming soon!
Simpson Elementary is so excited to invite parents to participate during winter parties during December 14th-16th. However, due to limited parking and classroom space, we will limit parent visitation to 1 parent/guardian (per student/family). Please see our grade level dates and times below and do not hesitate to contact your grade level room coordinator for details.
December 14th - 16th (Wednesday - Friday)
- 12/14/22 - Kindergarten/LeBlanc (1:00-2:00 PM) & 1st Grade/Walters (1:30-2:30 PM)
- 12/15/22 - 2nd Grade (1:00-2:00 PM) & 3rd Grade (1:30-2:30 PM), Beard (1:30-2:30 PM)
- 12/16/22 - 4th/Matthews (11:45-12:45 PM), 5th/ Grade/Matthews (11:45-12:45 PM), & PreK- 12/16 (2:00 PM)
Williams- 12/16 at 9:30 AM
Hargrove- 12/16 at 1:30 PM
Bowman, Desai, Speer, White-12/16 at 1:45 PM
Car Rider Reminders
SCHOOL HOURS
Office Hours: Monday - Friday, 7:30 AM - 4:15 PM
All visitors must check in at the welcome desk and please be prepared to provide some form of identification upon request.
Students should arrive between 8:20 AM- 8:50 AM
Morning announcements and tardy bell rings at 8:50 AM
Dismissal bell rings at 3:20 PM
- If you are checking out your child early from school, please do so on or before 2:45 PM. This leaves our bus lanes open for bus arrivals. Also, please remember that picture ID is required for all student check-outs. Thank you!
simpson pbis
Greetings Parents,
Beginning this school year in 2022, we will engage in Positive Behavior Intervention and Support (PBIS) at Simpson Elementary to have a positive behavioral expectation schoolwide. PBIS is an approach schools use to promote school safety and good behavior. With PBIS, schools teach kids about behavior expectations, strategies, and with a primary focus on having a positive prevention, not consequences.
What is PBIS at our school?
A unified set of school wide expectations for behavior in our school. We are Simpson Superstars, so to ensure that students can easily comprehend our expectations, we have established a 5-star approach for appropriate behaviors posted throughout the school. Your child has been learning these expectations since the first few days of school.
What are the 5-Star Expectations at Simpson Elementary?
- Be Respectful
- Be Responsible
- Be Ready to Learn
- Be Safe
- Be Kind
As part of our PBIS process, teachers and other staff members use evidence-based practices to increase student learning and decrease classroom disruptions. To keep students on the rules in a positive manner, we do the following when teaching academics and behavior:
- Constantly teach and refer to our school-wide expectations.
- Provide students with more praise than correction.
- Talk to students with respect using positive voice tone.
- Actively engage everyone in the class during instruction.
- Use pre-correcting, prompting, and redirecting as we teach.
- Look for the positive first and provide positive, immediate, frequent, and explicit feedback.
The PBIS School store buying days are here! Please see below for grade level buying days which will occur during morning arrival: 8:20-8:55 AM.
PBIS Grade Level Incentive Days:
Monday - 4th Grade PBIS Incentive Day
Tuesday - 3rd & 5th Grade PBIS Incentive Day
Wednesday - 2nd Grade PBIS Incentive Day
Thursday - 1st Grade PBIS Incentive Day
Friday- PreK & Kindergarten PBIS Incentive Day
GCPS Students will have access to a meal (breakfast and lunch) throughout the year for each child. However, due to the expiration of USDA Covid-19 waivers, students will now be charged for meals based on their individual eligibility for 2022-2023 School Year.
Therefore, student meals will return to full price at this time or if desire, please complete a free/reduced lunch application on-line via our school website.
Meal prices for elementary students below:
Student breakfast -$1.50
Student lunch -$2.25
Adult Breakfast -$2.50
Adult Lunch -$3.75
*The adult bar is available to both adult guests and staff throughout the school year.
A gentle reminder that outside vendor food (per district policy) is not allowed for students. Please reinforce providing lunch from home or utilizing the school meal plan.
Notes from Nurse Norris
Our clinic is in need of pants and shorts! If you have any gently used clothes, please consider donating them to the clinic.
Thank you so much for all your support!
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Opportunity to Enhance Classroom Learning for your Child
Please consider donating to this excellent academic cause! There is no amount that is too small (or too big) to enhance your child/children’s learning experience.
Our goal is to give each grade level $1,000 to spend on enhancing a lesson. The funds can be used for a special hands-on in-class project, to supplement a field trip, to create an immersive experience, or to buy supplies for a demonstration. With YOUR support, we can help provide & enhance even MORE lessons like these, furthering our children’s education & imagination!
Please visit https://www.simpsonespta.org/ to donate or use the following QR code.
Donations will be collected starting 11/28/22 and the link to donate will remain open until 12/31/22. Thank you for your generosity and continued support of Simpson Elementary!
STARBURST T-SHIRTS -- Round 2
In case you missed the opportunity to purchase your child's Starburst t-shirt at the beginning of the school year, we have decided to open the store for a LIMITED TIME.
This is your LAST CHANCE to purchase Starburst t-shirts. Here is the link to the store: https://simpsonstarburst.itemorder.com/
Please be sure to order your child's t-shirt based on the color of the homeroom teacher listed on the site.
Deadline to order is DECEMBER 16.
THANK YOU!
Jamie Turner, Josephine Martinez and Gina Misticawi for continuing to provide delicious breakfast meals to our Special Education Staff each month!
Megan Skurski and the Arts and Education committee for securing a great opportunity for our students to meet best-selling author, Alan Gratz!
Kelsey Dykes and Melissa Thorson for organizing a hoe-down of family fun at the annual Simpson Fall Festival this year!
Michelle Baughman, Laura Giles and Linda Herring for working tirelessly to re-introduce an amazing Mother/Son Game Night!
Aminta Wu, Gina Misticawi, Jenn Frost, Sara Koenig and Tina Lee-Levi and the Reflections Committee for all their hard work and dedication to making this another successful year! And CONGRATULATIONS to all the Simpson Superstars who won awards in the various arts categories!
Kelly Loder and Dorian Clayton for handling and delivering our cool Simpson Spiritwear this fall as well as Misty Ratchford and Mary-Catherine Jennings for helping organize and distribute Simpson Starburst t-shirts!
Leigh Anna Lang and Ms. Tracy Callas for delivering Square 1 packets in time for the holidays!
Mwamba Haynes and the entire custodial staff for helping with all the events so far this year and staying late to clean them up too!
Faith Carr and the cafeteria staff for a delicious Thanksgiving holiday meal!
And to Dr. Connery who worked behind the scenes with the City of Peachtree Corners to deliver a beautiful upgraded track on Dean Field for our students to enjoy!
YEARBOOKS ARE ON SALE NOW!
Yearbooks are on sale now! Be sure to order your yearbook now to guarantee your copy.
- COST: $40
- LINK TO ORDER: Simpson Elementary School - Class Rings, Yearbooks and Graduation | Balfour
- DEADLINE: March 1, 2022
